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Libellee

Libellee, the suitor-defendant against whom a libel has been filed.

Lis pendens

in court relating to land or any interest in or charge on land, and a petition in bankruptcy filed after the 31st December, 1925, may be registered in the register of pending actions. For registration of lis

Magister

superior, especially by office or position: 2. A teacher; especially one who has obtained eminence in a particular filed of learning, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 161. Means a master or ruler; a person who has

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Memorandum of appeal

purposes of the rules of the Court it is required that a written memorandum of appeal shall be filed, Laxmiratan Engg. Works Ltd. v. CST, AIR 1968 SC 488 (492): (1968) 1 SCR 505. (Civil PC, 1908,

Misadventure, excusable homicide by

unfortunately kills another, as where a person is at work with a hatchet, and the head of it files off and kills a by stander, or is shooting at a mark and undesignedly kills a man, for

No cause for such refusal

within the meaning of clause (4) must mean no good cause for refusal. Therefore when an application is filed by a shareholder for an order directing the company to grant conversion of partly paid-up shares into fully

Office of profit

Office of profit, a person who was a Pramukh at the time of filing of nomination papers and who was drawing a honorarium was not holding an office of profit, Umrao Singh v. Yeshwant Singh, AIR...

Preferred

Preferred, 'preferred' is a word of dual import; its semantics depend on the scheme and the context; its import must help, not hamper, the object of the enactment even if liberty win language may be necessary....

Office-copy

Office-copy, a transcript of a proceeding filed in the proper office of a court under the seal of such office. As to when office-copies are

On sale bar

On sale bar, means a statutory bar prohibiting patent eligibility if an invention was sold or offered for sale more than one year before the filing of a patent application, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p....

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